Gibbs defeats Andrew Jackson for 4A title: Live score updates from the 2024 FHSAA Class 4A boys basketball state championship game (3/1/2024)
LAKELAND, FLORIDA – The state title is on the line as Andrew Jackson and Gibbs clash for the FHSAA Class 4A boys basketball state championship this afternoon at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Andrew Jackson advanced with a 47-43 defeat of The Villages and Gibbs reached the final with a triple overtime 58-55 win over North Broward Prep in Thursday’s semifinal contests.
FLORIDA BOYS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
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Below is our Live Update Feed created and updated as the contest progresses. Read from the bottom up to follow the action chronologically from beginning to end.
Live Updates:
4TH QUARTER
- Gibbs 49, Andrew Jackson 43, FINAL
- Daniels to the free throw line, makes 2-of-2, Gibbs up 49-43 10.4 seconds left
- Timeout Gibbs, 50.9 seconds left in the game
- Laguerre makes two free throws, 47-43
- Crawford slams home the dunk and Gibbs can taste it up 47-41.
- 1:18 left in the game, Gibbs leads 45-41. Full timeout.
- Simmons for 3, 45-39
- Daniels with the nasty dish to Crawford, 45-36
- 3:54 remaining in the game
- Daniels makes both free throws, Gibbs 43-36
- Delancy with the nifty layup, Gibbs 41-36
- Crawford nails the putback, Gibbs 39-36, timeout. 5:27 remaining.
- Daniels with the backdoor layup, Gibbs 37-36
- 6:55 left in the game
- Williams fouled, shooting two free throws. Makes 1-of-2, 36-35
- Laguerre opens the period with a jumper, Andrew Jackson 36-34
3RD QUARTER
- Durham with the floater as time expires in the quarter, 34-34
- Daniels make 2-of-2 free throws, Gibbs 34-32
- Laguerre fouled on his way to the basket, makes 2-of-2, tied 32-32
- Crawford with the put back and Gibbs takes the lead, 31-30
- Ronald Williams with the put back, 30-29
- Crawford hits a short jumper, 30-27
- Jahari Simmons with a big time 3-pointer, 30-25
- Roberts makes a layup and now it's a one possession game, 27-25
- Durham at the line shooting two free throws, makes 2-of-2, 27-23
- Bobby Crawford with the put back, 25-23
- Lawson with the layup, Tigers up 25-21
- Mathis Roberts is fouled, shoots two free throws and makes 1-of-2, 24-21
- Daniels makes a strong drive and gets the layup, 24-20
- Durham makes the quarter first bucket two minutes into the second half, Andrew Jackson 24-18
- About a minute in and no one has scored yet in the third.
2ND QUARTER
- end of quarter, Andrew Jackson 22, Gibbs 18, HALFTIME
- Daniels makes a layup to get Gibbs back on track, 22-17
- Jaylen Dopson makes a floater, Andrew Jackson 22-15
- Major defensive battle between these two teams. Every bucket is hotly contested.
- Lawson on an easy layup, Tigers now up 20-15
- Lawson hits jumper, Andrew Jackson 18-15
- Delancy makes two free throws, Gibbs now trails 16-15
- Daniels knocks down a 3-pointer, Gibbs now just down 16-13
- Octavius Lawson makes two free throws, Andrew Jackson 16-10
1ST QUARTER
- end of quarter, Andrew Jackson 14, Gibbs 10
- Albert Laguerre hits on layup, Andrew Jackson extends to 14-9
- Oneal Delancy makes a jumper, Andrew Jackson 12-9
- Durham takes off on an acrobatic layup, puts Tigers up 12-7, 2:27 left in period
- Ronald Durham makes two free throws, Andrew Jackson 10-7
- Daniels on another layup plus the foul, game tied 4-4
- Andrew Jackson now leads 4-2, 5:01
- Jacob Daniels makes the layup plus the foul. Misses free throw, 2-2
- Shaun Payne hits the game's opening bucket, Andrew Jackson 2-0
- Gibbs wins the opening tip and we are underway
ANDREW JACKSON VS. GIBBS
- Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
